Sapajus apella
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Brown Capuchin
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Primates |
| Suborder | : Haplorhini |
| Infraorder | : Simiiformes |
| Parvorder | : Platyrrhini |
| Family | : Cebidae |
| Subfamily | : Cebinae |
| Genus | : Sapajus |
Species status
Authority citation
Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033820Original name as described
Simia Apella
Other common names
Black-capped Capuchin · Margarita Island Capuchin · Guianan Brown Capuchin
Type material
untraced (number not known)
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"America." Restricted by É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1812 to "Cayenne, French Guiana."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia
Taxonomy notes
moved from Cebus to Sapajus, although this arrangement is relatively tentative, as a number of sources still consider Sapajus as a subgenus of Cebus; includes macrocephalus and possibly S. cay, although the taxonomic arrangemetn of Sapajus species is contentious
Taxonomy notes citation
Lynch Alfaro, J.W., Silva, J.S. and Rylands, A.B. 2012. How different are robust and gracile Capuchin Monkeys? An argument for the use of Sapajus and Cebus. American Journal of Primatology 74(4): 273–286. · Lynch Alfaro, J. W., Boubli, J. P., Olson, L. E., Di Fiore, A., Wilson, B., Gutiérrez‐Espeleta, G. A., ... & Schwochow, D. (2012). Explosive Pleistocene range expansion leads to widespread Amazonian sympatry between robust and gracile capuchin monkeys. Journal of biogeography, 39(2), 272-288. · Lima, M.G.M., Silva-Júnior, J.S., Černýc, D., Buckner, J.C., Aleixo, A., Chang, J., Zheng, J., Alfaro, M.E., Martins, A. Di Fiore, A., Boubli, J.P. and Lynch Alfaro, J.W. 2018. A phylogenomic perspective on the robust capuchin monkey (Sapajus) radiation: first evidence for extensive population admixture across South America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 124: 137-150. · Gutiérrez, E. E., & Marinho-Filho, J. (2017). The mammalian faunas endemic to the Cerrado and the Caatinga. ZooKeys, (644), 105. · Teta, P. (2019). The usage of subgenera in mammalian taxonomy. Mammalia, 83(3), 209-211. · Martins, A. B., Valença-Montenegro, M. M., Lima, M. G. M., Lynch, J. W., Svoboda, W. K., Silva-Júnior, J. D. S. E., ... & Fiore, A. D. (2023). A New Assessment of Robust Capuchin Monkey (Sapajus) Evolutionary History Using Genome-Wide SNP Marker Data and a Bayesian Approach to Species Delimitation. Genes, 14(5), 970.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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